2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 30 January to 28 February 2017. [1] A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 34 places in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup. [2]

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Teams

The following 14 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds: [3] [4] [5]

Originally 17 teams entered the qualifying play-offs (10 entered in the preliminary round, 7 entered in the play-off round) before the withdrawal of teams in the East Asia Zone.

ZoneTeams entering in play-off round Teams entering in preliminary round
West Asia Zone
Central Asia Zone
South Asia Zone
ASEAN Zone
East Asia Zone

Format

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants. [2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone). [1]

RoundW, AC, S
First legSecond legFirst legSecond leg
Preliminary roundNot played31 January 20177 February 2017
Play-off round30–31 January 20176–7 February 201721 February 201728 February 2017

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association in the ASEAN Zone could not be placed into the same play-off. [4]

Play-off West Asia

Play-off round
    
Flag of Palestine.svg Shabab Al-Khalil 2 1 3
Flag of Oman.svg Al-Suwaiq 1 3 4

Play-off Central Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Dordoi 1 2 3
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Balkan 1 1 2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Dordoi 1 1 2
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot 0 1 1
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Shaheen Asmayee 0 0 0
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot 1 0 1

Play-off South Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Flag of Bhutan.svg Thimphu City 0 0 0
Flag of Maldives.svg Club Valencia 0 3 3
Flag of Maldives.svg Club Valencia 1 1 2
Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 1 4 5
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Colombo 1 1 2
Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 2 2 4

Play-off ASEAN 1

Play-off round
    
Flag of Cambodia.svg Phnom Penh Crown 3 0 3
Flag of Singapore.svg Home United 4 3 7

Play-off ASEAN 2

Play-off round
    
Flag of Cambodia.svg Boeung Ket Angkor 1 1 2
Flag of Laos.svg Lao Toyota 1 0 1

Play-off East Asia

The East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of teams.

Preliminary round

A total of 8 teams played in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Shaheen Asmayee Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 0–1 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot 0–1 0–0
Dordoi Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg 3–2 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Balkan 1–1 2–1
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2–4 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 1–2 1–2
Thimphu City Flag of Bhutan.svg 0–3 Flag of Maldives.svg Club Valencia 0–0 0–3

Central Asia Zone

Shaheen Asmayee Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 0–1 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot
Report
  • Rabimov Soccerball shade.svg35'
Khosilot Flag of Tajikistan.svg 0–0 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Shaheen Asmayee
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Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Khosilot won 1–0 on aggregate.


Dordoi Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg 1–1 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Balkan
  • Azizov Soccerball shade.svg78'
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Suyumbayev Stadion, Osh
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Balkan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg 1–2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Dordoi
Report

Dordoi won 3–2 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Colombo Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 1–2 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
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Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg 2–1 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Colombo
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Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Mohun Bagan won 4–2 on aggregate.


Thimphu City Flag of Bhutan.svg 0–0 Flag of Maldives.svg Club Valencia
Report
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Club Valencia Flag of Maldives.svg 3–0 Flag of Bhutan.svg Thimphu City
Report

Club Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round

A total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: 6 teams which entered in this round, and 4 winners of the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Shabab Al-Khalil Flag of Palestine.svg 3–4 Flag of Oman.svg Al-Suwaiq 2–1 1–3
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Dordoi Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg 2–1 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot 1–0 1–1
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Club Valencia Flag of Maldives.svg 2–5 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 1–1 1–4
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Phnom Penh Crown Flag of Cambodia.svg 3–7 Flag of Singapore.svg Home United 3–4 0–3
Boeung Ket Angkor Flag of Cambodia.svg 2–1 Flag of Laos.svg Lao Toyota 1–1 1–0

West Asia Zone

Shabab Al-Khalil Flag of Palestine.svg 2–1 Flag of Oman.svg Al-Suwaiq
Report
Al-Suwaiq Flag of Oman.svg 3–1 Flag of Palestine.svg Shabab Al-Khalil
Report

Al-Suwaiq won 4–3 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

Dordoi Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg 1–0 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Khosilot
  • Azizov Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report
Suyumbayev Stadion, Osh
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Khosilot Flag of Tajikistan.svg 1–1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Dordoi
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Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Dordoi won 2–1 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Club Valencia Flag of Maldives.svg 1–1 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
Report
Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg 4–1 Flag of Maldives.svg Club Valencia
Report

Mohun Bagan won 5–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Phnom Penh Crown Flag of Cambodia.svg 3–4 Flag of Singapore.svg Home United
Report
RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
Home United Flag of Singapore.svg 3–0 Flag of Cambodia.svg Phnom Penh Crown
Report

Home United won 7–3 on aggregate.


Boeung Ket Angkor Flag of Cambodia.svg 1–1 Flag of Laos.svg Lao Toyota
Report
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 7,175
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Lao Toyota Flag of Laos.svg 0–1 Flag of Cambodia.svg Boeung Ket Angkor
Report

Boeung Ket Angkor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Rovers (Guam) and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage after the draw, and Tatung (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the qualifying play-offs, [6] and thus Kigwancha (North Korea) and Erchim (Mongolia) advanced directly from the play-off round and preliminary round respectively to the group stage to replace them, and only three teams competed in the East Asia Zone group stage, and the East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played.
  2. Teams from Afghanistan were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security reasons. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. 1 2 "2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2017.
  3. "Stage set for AFC Cup 2017 draw". AFC. 12 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "AFC Cup contenders learn 2017 opponents". AFC. 14 December 2016.
  6. "2017亞足聯盃 台電、大同都不參賽". ETNews. 7 February 2017.
  7. "Кубок АФК-2017: оба матча между «Хосилотом» и «Шахин Асмаи» пройдут в Душанбе — Федерация Футбола Таджикистана" (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.